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Unit 2 The Fairway Harlow Essex CM18 6LY

HW/TP/26/10010Works To Trees with a TPOApproved

Approved on 1 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) - Reduce canopy of tree by approximately 1.5 metres to 2 metres - Reduction of tree to reduce branches overhanging building, also overhanging road and path. Raise Lower Branches by Approximately 2.4 metres overhanging pathway to allow clearance to pedestrians

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bush Fair West
Agent
Mills & Co. Tree Services
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Unit 2 The Fairway Harlow Essex CM18 6LY. Harlow has handled 43 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Harlow's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Bush Fair West. We hold 126 applications in total for the CM18 postcode area.

89% of trees applications at Harlow District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM18 6LY
Application type
Works To Trees with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation start
2 March 2026
Consultation end
23 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2026
Last date for comments
24 March 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026
Permission expires
1 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mills & Co. Tree Services
Agent address
18 Waytemore Road Bishops Stortford CM23 3RD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14731054
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: HMO - townwide
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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